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Descendants of John Pretty, Hosier of Poole, Dorset
Sarah’s husband Robert HARRILD [1.4] died young leaving her a wealthy widow whose will that names dozens of relatives is a genealogist’s delight. William Taylor PRETTY [1.5] was a postman in London. Anne’s husband Josiah Wesley WALKER [1.7] was a doctor at Bedlam Mental Hospital in London who suffered a breakdown, sailed to New South Wales where, there being no hospitals, he treated patients at his home in Camden with his daughter Clarissa as dispenser. Martha’s husband Thomas BLANCHARD [1.8] took over her father’s hosiery business but later emigrated with his family to South Australia. Edward James PRETTY [1.9] was H. M. Customs Agent in Belfast, Ireland. Mary Jane’s husband William Henry WILLIAMS [1.11] was a Staff Commander in the Royal Navy.
Final Doom
"The untold story of one of America's first serial killers"--Cover.
Gateway to the West
This edition of Gateway to the West has been excerpted from the original numbers, consolidated, and reprinted in two volumes, with added Publisher's Note, Tables of Contents, and indexes, by Genealogical Publishing Co., SInc., Baltimore, MD.
Women, Identities and Communities in Early Modern Europe
Exploring the contradictory forces shaping women's identities and experiences, this collection examines the possibilities for commonalities and the forces of division between women in early modern Europe. The contributors analyse the critical power of gender to structure identities and experiences, adding new depth to our understanding of early modern women's senses of exclusion and belonging.
Paris-Edinburgh
By the end of the nineteenth century, Paris was widely acknowledged as the cultural capital of the world, the home of avant-garde music and art, symbolist literature and bohemian culture. Edinburgh, by contrast, may still be thought of as a rather staid city of lawyers and Presbyterian ministers, academics and doctors. While its great days as a centre for the European Enlightenment may have been behind it, however, late Victorian Edinburgh was becoming the location for a new set of cultural institutions, with its own avant-garde, that corresponded with a renewed Scottish national consciousness. While Morningside was never going to be Montparnasse, the period known as the Belle Epoque was a t...
The Little Book of the Great Enchantment
William Sharp (1855-1905) was a prolific writer; friend and confidant to the literati of the day; an active member of the occult world of the late Victorian period; and a man who spent his life cloaked in layers of secrets - the most important being that he was the pen behind the writings of the mysterious Fiona Macleod. He kept her true identity a closely guarded secret. Many famous people - W.B. Yeats, "AE", MacGregor Mathers, Dante Gabriel Rossetti - were involved in Sharp's short life; he was a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and Yeats' secret Celtic Mystical Order; and he and Fiona Macleod were involved with the mysterious Dr. Goodchild whose ancient bowl was proclaimed ...
24-Hour Knitting Projects
Reprint: Originally published: New York: Sterling Pub., 2004.
